A disturbing possibility exists that the television experience has not merely blurred the distinctions between the real and the unreal for steady viewers, but that by doing so it has dulled their sensitivities to real events. For when the reality… — Marie Winn Copy Share Image
It is among the ranks of school-age children, those six- to twelve-year-olds who once avidly filled their free moments with childhood play, that the greatest change is evident. In the place of traditional, sometimes ancient childhood games that were still popular a generation ago, in the place of fantasy and make- believe play . . . today's children have substituted… — Marie Winn Copy Share
Again and again parents describe...the trancelike nature of their children's television watching. The child's facial expression is transformed. The jaw is relaxed and hangs… — Marie Winn Copy Share Image
Television's contribution to family life has been an equivocal one. For while it has, indeed, kept the members of the family from dispersing, it has not served to bring them together. By its domination of the time families spend together, it destroys the special quality that distinguishes one family from another, a quality that depends to a great extent on… — Marie Winn Copy Share
The upshot of pervasive public belief in the uncontrollable sexuality of teenagers, and even of pre-teenagers, is that parents arehalf-hearted in their efforts to supervise and control their children, even when they are filled with anxiety as to their children's ability to cope with a full-fledged sexual relationship. "How can we buck the tide?" parents say helplessly, often without making… — Marie Winn Copy Share
A disturbing possibility exists that the television experience has not merely blurred the distinctions between the real and the unreal for steady viewers, but… — Marie Winn Copy Share Image
In its effect on family relationships, in its facilitation of parental withdrawal from an active role in the socialization of their children, and in… — Marie Winn Copy Share Image
[Television viewing] is a one-way transaction that requires the taking in of particular sensory material in a particular way, no matter what the material… — Marie Winn Copy Share Image
Without conjuring up fantasies of bygone eras with family games and long, leisurely meals, the question arises: isn't there a better family life available… — Marie Winn Copy Share Image
A decline in supervision is not the entire story. Even in the fifties there were undersupervised children . . . who nevertheless did not… — Marie Winn Copy Share Image
The new concept of the child as equal and the new integration of children into adult life has helped bring about a gradual but… — Marie Winn Copy Share Image
![“[Television viewing] is a one-way transaction that requires the taking in of particular sensory material in a particular way, no matter what the material might be. There is, indeed, no other experience in a child's life that permits quite so much intake while demanding so little outflow.” quote by Marie Winn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7bd/marie-winn-41030_children_television-viewing-is-a-one-way-transact_1649673.jpg)
